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TrainspottingFollow

1996 • R • 1h 33m • Black Comedy, Drama • Miramax

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🍅 90% 93% MC 83 LB 4.23 IMDb 8.1

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$263K
Limited · 8 theaters
Domestic total
$16.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$71.50M
$55.00M international
Domestic legs11.8x from $1.4M biggest weekend
Budget$3.1M
1996 rank#103
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Cast & crew

Full Boyle filmography
Danny Boyle Danny Boyle Director Ewan McGregor Ewan McGregor Starring Ewen Bremner Ewen Bremner Starring Jonny Lee Miller Jonny Lee Miller Starring Kevin McKidd Kevin McKidd Starring Robert Carlyle Robert Carlyle Starring
ScreenplayJohn Hodge Based on the novel byIrvine Welsh Produced byAndrew Macdonald CinematographyBrian Tufano StudioMiramax

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jul 19-21 21 $262.7K — 8 $32,834 $262.7K
2 Jul 26-28 18 $781.6K +197.6% 38 $20,569 $1.2M
3 Aug 2-4 14 $1.4M +79.4% 191 $7,343 $3.2M
4 Aug 9-11 13 $1.3M −5.3% 357 $3,721 $5.5M
5 Aug 16-18 18 $1.0M −24.2% 357 $2,820 $7.6M
6 Aug 23-25 20 $911.6K −9.4% 357 $2,553 $9.3M
7 Aug 30-Sep 1 22 $967.1K +6.1% 297 $3,256 $10.9M
8 Sep 6-8 16 $772.0K −20.2% 340 $2,271 $12.0M
9 Sep 13-15 20 $617.1K −20.1% 332 $1,859 $13.0M
10 Sep 20-22 18 $492.7K −20.2% 330 $1,493 $13.8M
11 Sep 27-29 19 $423.1K −14.1% 335 $1,263 $14.5M
12 Oct 4-6 23 $291.9K −31.0% 248 $1,177 $15.0M
13 Oct 11-13 25 $264.7K −9.3% 218 $1,214 $15.5M
14 Oct 18-20 32 $134.7K −49.1% 169 $797 $15.7M
15 Oct 25-27 36 $100.3K −25.6% 134 $748 $15.8M
16 Nov 1-3 37 $91.7K −8.6% 122 $751 $16.0M
17 Nov 8-10 43 $81.4K −11.2% 91 $895 $16.1M
19 Nov 22-24 36 $90.1K — 161 $560 $16.3M
20 Nov 29-Dec 1 36 $83.2K −7.7% 87 $956 $16.4M
21 Dec 6-8 49 $25.7K −69.2% 48 $535 $16.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $492.7K
$262.7K
$781.6K
$1.4M
$1.3M
$1.0M
$911.6K
$967.1K
$772.0K
$617.1K
$492.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −20.2%
+197.6%
W1→2
+79.4%
W2→3
−5.3%
W3→4
−24.2%
W4→5
−9.4%
W5→6
+6.1%
W6→7
−20.2%
W7→8
−20.1%
W8→9
−20.2%
W9→10
Steepest −24.2%Biggest gain +197.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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